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For a number of reasons, I decided not to make Mike Davis’s Planet of Slums a required text for the Wellesley iteration of Music and the Global Metropolis (here called MUS 210). I made this decision even as I knew the book blew students’ minds when I taught the course elsewhere. Now as I’m hammering out details for this version of the course, I’m regretting that decision. Do any of my past students hanging out on tumblr have strong opinions about this decision?
If only I could find a way to fit this song and video into my course this term, all would be well.
A playlist featuring Francisco Aguabella, Los Muñequitos De Matanzas, Afro-Cuban All Stars, and others
This playlist for Latin American Music and the Politics of Representation features everything from rumba to salsa and reggaetón. It’s much more transnational than the others and includes a few examples from Mexico, Puerto Rico and Nueva York. This is because so much of what happens to Cuban music post-WWII is extremely transnational. You’ll also notice it’s longer than even the Brazil list...
A playlist featuring Roberto Firpo Cuarteto, Carlos Gardel, Osvaldo Pugliese, and others
And here’s the playlist I’ll be using for the second unit of Latin American Music and the Politics of Representation. Many of the cumbia villera examples I wanted to post weren’t on Spotify. Big surprise there... :-/
A playlist featuring Hamilton De Holanda, Traditionnel, Ernesto Nazareth, and others
If you've ever wanted to know what a Latin American Music course sounds like at Cambridge, here's the first playlist for "Paper 15: Latin American Music and the Politics of Representation." It's on Brazil. I'll post lists for Argentina, Cuba and Mexico in the coming weeks. Feel free to contact me if you’d like to see the reading list.
Tony Turner wrote and sang "Harperman," leading a (barefooted) choir through lyrics that ask questions such as "Who squashes all dissent?" and "Who muzzles all the scientists?"
Maybe I’ll talk about this the next time I teach Music and Social Protest?
Animation explaining Edmund Burke's ideas of the sublime and the beautiful. I wish I had this when I taught Arts in Context...
NCF Music Social Protest Lives On
Today, I received an invitation today to write an 8,000 word essay on Queercore and Riot Grrrl for a queer pop music reader. It turns out that the week we spent on that topic back Spring 2013 will likely translate into a publication. Hooray! Thus, I am soliciting feedback on how that stuff went. I know it's been awhile, but I'd be very grateful. You all know how to reach me.
Persephone turning Ascalaphus into an Owl
Son of Acheron (the river of pain) and Orphne (an underworld nymph), Askalaphos was the orchardist of Hades. He told the other gods that Persephone had eaten a pomegranate in Hades.
He was punished by being changed into an owl. After being transformed into a screech owl, he became the familiar bird of Hades, King of the Underworld.
OMFG I WAS WONDERING WHY THIS WAS GETTING SO MANY NOTES
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For all of the theory heads out there... Happy finals!
Part of a series of final projects for Ringling College of Art + Design.
First-year Illustration major Saige Libertore was especially impressed with Romantic Gothicism in Arts in Context, especially that expressed in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Christabel." This demonic tale of seduction told in verse features two female characters, the protagonist Christabel and the mysterious Geraldine. As you can see in Saige's illustration, Geraldine is figured as the blond haired woman whose reflection shows her to be a snake. She chose an etching style and hoped to convey the drama in most gothic art. It sure seems like a snake about to strike is pretty dramatic!
Part of my series of final projects at Ringling College of Art + Design.
For her final project in Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and Music, 3rd-year Illustration major Erin Colleran decided to give Medusa a makeover to emphasize the gorgon as a "warrior baddass." As Colleran wrote in her pitch, "She was once beautiful, and still is, though she has taken on more snakelike charms." The outfit as designed above is intended to show her strength through armor. Her mid-section looks like a cross between a Greek gown and reptilian armor. Her main inspiration came from the work of Thierry Mulger. I can imagine this design actually being used in film or animation.
This post is in a series of final projects at Ringling College of Art + Design.
For her final project in Arts in Context, 2nd year Motion Design major Jasmine Fernandez decided to adapt Surrealism to a short digital video. She stated that she wanted to capture the surreal in today's world over a musique concréte-style soundtrack.
Part of my series of final projects at Ringling College of Art + Design.
Vincenza Della Donna, a 3rd year Illustration major, took her inspiration from a line that Medusa sings in Jean-Baptiste Lully's Persée (an opera we covered in Classical Mythology in Literature, Art and Music). By taking the lyrics "Happy is the fury that fills the universe with horror" and turning them into a typographic poster (using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop), Vincenza highlighted the gorgon's anger at the injustice behind her monstrous transformation. Check out the way that all of the lettering is connected to represent the twisted nature of Medusa's predicament (and, of course, the snakes) and the background of stone to represent the result of looking in the gorgon's eyes.
Part of my series of final projects at Ringling College of Art + Design.
Graduating Motion Design senior Thomas Eyester created what he calls "Roboedipus" – a reconceptualization of Oedipus as a robot made of bronze, copper, unpolished gold, and polished iron. Tommy said he wanted to convey the fundamentally artificial form of Oedipus's sorrow and suffering as was discussed in Classical Mythology in Literature, Art and Music. Here we see Oedipus's blinding (top), his descent into Hades (middle), and his blind shame (bottom). Pretty dramatic stuff!
Part of a series of final projects at Ringling College of Art + Design.
Like many students in Classical Mythology in Literature, Art, and Music, 3rd year Illustration student Andrea Espinosa (aka countandi) sought to disrupt the idea of Medusa as an ugly monster. For a series titled "Medusa in Manhattan," Andi envisioned Medusa as beautiful with a boyfriend named Charlie. Even the heroic myth is flipped: Perseus is a bounty hunter that mercilessly pursues her when "all she wants is some peace and quiet in her life." I think this project has serious potential. Andi stated, "I got inspired for this due to how villainized Medusa tends to be in most fiction nowadays [...] Perseus is the jerk here and it’d be nice for the little weasel to get off her back, especially when she finally found a chance for love and is turning over a new leaf." Rock on, Andi!
Part of my series of final projects for Ringling College of Art + Design.
Graduating senior in Photography and Digital Imaging Alyxandra Llano decided to convey Persephone's descent into Hades for her final project in Classical Mythology in Literature, Art and Music. She stated that she was inspired by Stravinsky's Perséphone and Rebecca Litchfield's series Underworld Realm. Her goal was to make Hades' realm "beautiful yet somber" and to show Persephone's sense of longing. I think she succeeded.
